Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - Creepy Online Friendships That Turned Into Stalking, Fear, And Dangerous Encounters PART1 #49

Episode Date: November 3, 2025

#horrorstories #reddithorrorstories #ScaryStories #creepypasta #horrortales #onlinehorrorstories #cyberstalking #digitalfear #creepytales #internetnightmares  “Creepy Online Friendships That Turned... Into Stalking, Fear, And Dangerous Encounters – PART 1” recounts the chilling beginnings of seemingly innocent online friendships that quickly escalated into terrifying stalking incidents. This first part explores the subtle red flags, the growing unease, and the initial encounters that foreshadow a dangerous path, highlighting the dark side of the digital world and the real risks of trusting strangers online.  horrorstories, reddithorrorstories, scarystories, horrorstory, creepypasta, horrortales, onlinefriendshipgonewrong, cyberstalkingcase, digitalnightmares, creepyencounters, internetfear, truecybercrime, stalkingordeal, onlinepredator, realdigitalhorror, trustbetrayed, victimordeal, unsettlingencounters, socialmediahorror, fearandparanoia

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Starting point is 00:00:00 There's so much rugby on Sports Extra from Sky. They've asked me to read the whole lad at the same speed I usually use for the legal bit at the end. Here goes. This winter Sports Extra is jam-packed with rugby. For the first time we've been every Champions Cup match exclusively live, plus action from the URC, the Challenge Cup, and much more. Thus the URC and all the best European rugby all in the same place.
Starting point is 00:00:16 Get more exclusively live tournaments than ever before on Sports Extra. Jampact with rugby. Phew, that is a lot of rugby. Get Sports Extra on Sky for 15 euro a month for 12 months. Search Sports Extra. New Sports Extra customers only. Standard Pressing applies after 12 months for the terms apply. Collini, did you know if your age between 25 and 65?
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Starting point is 00:01:10 way more than I probably should have. My life was wrapped up in a little Minecraft building server where creativity mattered more than grades, and where the friendships we built felt more solid than the walls of any classroom. The average age of the group was somewhere between 15 and 17. Basically, it was a bunch of teenagers, who thought we were architects, artists, and comedians all rolled into one.
Starting point is 00:01:35 We weren't just playing Minecraft, we were living it. We'd get home from school, throw our backpacks down, maybe choke down some dinner, then hop online and spend hours together. Not just in the game either, we were on Skype constantly. Hours on end of laughing, roasting each other, and pretending that the server we were building was more important than anything in the real world. Those voices became my daily background noise. I knew their laughs, their sighs, and even the little pauses when someone was trying to come up with a comeback.
Starting point is 00:02:10 It didn't take long before we all started following each other on different platforms, Instagram, Snapchat, even Twitter. Back then, that felt like leveling up in friendship. It was like saying, you're not just a Minecraft buddy, you're a real friend. Among all of them, there was one person who became more than just another screen name. His name was Peter. Peter was in the same grade as me. We weren't at the same school, but age-wise, we were walking through the same stage of teenage chaos. I remember hearing whispers in our group, rumors that Peter might have a crush on me.
Starting point is 00:02:50 He denied it, of course. Always brushed it off with a laugh. but the others liked to tease and the idea hung in the air. I laughed at it too, not because it was flattering, but because it seemed so ridiculous. How could someone have a crush on me when we'd never even met in person? To me, it was impossible. At first, things were fine. Fun, even.
Starting point is 00:03:18 We built stuff in Minecraft, we talked about music, and we joked about teachers we hated. But eventually, something about him started to feel, different. Subtle things. Tiny cracks that appeared in the way he talked to me. He would tell small lies, nothing dramatic at first, but enough for me to notice. Maybe he'd say he was busy with something but then post online about doing something else. Maybe he'd act like he didn't know certain things about me that he definitely did. It was those little inconsistencies that got under my skin.
Starting point is 00:03:53 I brushed it off for a while, but the nagging feeling in my stomach wouldn't go away. Something was off. Finally, I decided the healthiest thing I could do was to distance myself. Quietly, without a big announcement, I just stopped talking to him. For a couple of months, that silence lasted. And for a while, I thought it had worked. Until one afternoon, out of nowhere, Peter texted me. The message felt casual at first, but what he said next made my stomach twist into knots.
Starting point is 00:04:30 He told me he was planning to transfer to my high school. His reasoning. He wanted to qualify for in-state tuition for college. He said his plan was to live on his own, support himself, and still finish high school. Immediately, alarm bells went off in my head. Who in the world, at 16, decides to move away from their family, live alone, and support themselves just to change schools. And why my school of all places?
Starting point is 00:04:59 I tried to stay calm, but I told him straight up that his plan was absolutely insane. I pointed out how weird it was that he just happened to pick my school. He swore it was a coincidence, swore it was logical, swore it had nothing to do with me. But I didn't buy it. Not for a second. Still, some part of me wanted to be. believe he was bluffing. That maybe he was just trying to scare me or get a reaction.
Starting point is 00:05:29 But then he claimed he had already bought plane tickets. And not long after that, my phone lit up with a Snapchat notification, a photo of him at the airport. I froze. My brain couldn't catch up with reality. He was really doing this. The messages that followed made it worse. He told me he was coming to see the school. He asked me to meet him. My fear spiked, but I told him no. Repeatedly. I made it clear I wasn't going to meet him. Then came the proof I dreaded most, videos on Snapchat of him at my high school. On the many days of Christmas, the Guinness Storehouse brings to thee a visit filled with festivity. Experience a story of Ireland's most iconic beer in a stunning Christmas setting at the Guinness Storehouse.
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Starting point is 00:06:38 Be drinkaware. Visit drinkaware. There's so much rugby on sports extra from Sky. They've asked me to read the whole lad at the same speed I usually use for the legal bit at the end. Here goes. This winter sports extra is jam back with rugby. For the first time we've got every Champions Cup match exclusively live, plus action from the URC, the Challenge Cup, and much more.
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Starting point is 00:07:10 He was recording hallways, classrooms, even the courtyard, like a tourist in a place that was supposed to feel safe for me. Luckily, fate gave me a twisted kind of protection that day. I had pneumonia, which meant I was stuck at home. I never had to walk those halls and risk bumping into him. But the thought that he was there, in my space, breathing the same air as people I saw every day, made me feel sick in more ways than one. For the next few days, I lived in paranoia.
Starting point is 00:07:43 Every sound outside, every car door, every knock made me flinch. What if he found out where I lived? What if he showed up at my front door? I was grateful that he never did. Eventually, he left town. Just like that, the storm passed. Or so I thought. What disturbed me the most wasn't just what Peter had done,
Starting point is 00:08:09 it was how nobody else in our online group seemed to find it alarming. They brushed it off like it was just some weird teenage crush, nothing dangerous, nothing creepy. I felt like I was the only one who saw how wrong it all was. I started doubting myself, wondering if maybe I was overreacting. But deep down, I knew better. I cut off communication, hoping that silence would be the end of it. For two years, it was. I moved on with my life.
Starting point is 00:08:41 focused on school, dreamed about college. I told myself Peter was just a bad chapter that I'd closed. Then came the gut punch. After I finally committed to my dream college, I saw it. A post from Peter. A photo of him standing in front of my college library. His caption read, transferring here is definitely the move. My blood ran cold.
Starting point is 00:09:11 I don't know if he ever actually enrolled. Maybe he was just visiting. But the fact that he had gone there, posed in front of the library, and posted it for me to see made me feel like I was trapped in some twisted game. I never ran into him on campus, but that didn't mean he wasn't around. A few months later, the final straw snapped. He somehow found out I had a boyfriend. Out of nowhere, after two silent years, he messaged me on Skype.
Starting point is 00:09:43 His words burned into my screen. Do you think he's going to protect you? That was it. I blocked him instantly. Deleted, unfollowed, cut every string I could. Fear had its claws in me, but I wasn't going to let him keep pulling at the threads of my life. For a while, it seemed like that was the end. He disappeared into the digital void.
Starting point is 00:10:10 I tried to breathe again. But peace never lasts forever. Months later, I logged into my dusty old Skype account. I hadn't touched it in ages, but curiosity got the better of me. Sitting there, waiting for me, was a new contact request. The username was Young Love Money. It didn't mean much to me, so I accepted just to see if I could figure out who it was. Big mistake. At first, nothing happened. The profile was vague, empty. But then the call
Starting point is 00:10:48 started. My laptop rang with that distinct Skype tone. I ignored it. Then came the messages. Hey, how are you? You there? What's up? Hello. Call after call, message after message, every five minutes. My screen lit up like a warning signal. The usernames kept shifting, like whoever it was, didn't want me to trace them. Then, the tone of the messages changed. Friendly curiosity turned to anger. Anger turned to filth.
Starting point is 00:11:29 The words got graphic, violent, sexual. They weren't just annoying anymore, they were threats. My skin crawled as I read the sentences. The images they painted. I blocked the account. But another popped up. Then another. The cycle repeated, and finally I slammed the laptop shut.
Starting point is 00:11:53 I couldn't handle it. That night, my boyfriend was coming over, so I tried to distract myself. We went to my dad's house to watch... There's so much rugby on sports extra from Sky. They've asked me to read the whole lad at the same... speed I usually use for the legal bit at the end. Here goes. This winter sports extra is jam-packed with rugby. For the first time we've been
Starting point is 00:12:13 every Champions Cup match exclusively live, plus action from the URC, the Challenge Cup and much more. Thus the URC and all the best European rugby all in the same place. Get more exclusively live tournaments than ever before on Sports Extra. Jam-packed with rugby. Phew, that is a lot of rugby. Get Sports Extra on Sky for 15 euro a month for 12 months. Search Sports Extra.
Starting point is 00:12:30 New Sports Extra customers only. Standard Pressing applies after 12 months further terms apply. Kalini, did you know if your age between 25 and 65, well, you can get a free HPV cervical check. It's one of the best ways to protect yourself from cervical cancer. And you know what? I actually checked only recently when mine was due and no exaggeration. It took me
Starting point is 00:12:46 less than five minutes. You go online to hse.com. Put in your PPS number, should stick in the date of birth. And then they tell you when your next appointment is due. Oh my God. It's real. And you can check you on the register on the website so you can phone 1-800-45-55. If your test is due today, you can book it today are hsccc.i.e. forward slash serve the check.
Starting point is 00:13:33 one of the numbers back. Maybe we could figure out who it was. Hesitant but desperate, I dialed. That's when it happened. Across the room, my stepbrother's phone started ringing. The exact Skype ringtone echoed from his device. My heart stopped. He fumbled with his phone, silenced it, and scrambled to shut it down. Then, without a word, he bolted upstairs and didn't come back down the rest of the night. My stepbrother, 29 years old, 6'4, 260 pounds, jobless, living in my dad's house. And apparently, he had been the one tormenting me all along. To be continued.

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